Re: [Evolution] Evolution 1.2RC1 report

[Lonnie Borntreger <email borntreger com>]

On Sun, 2002-11-03 at 13:03, fejj peabody ximian com wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 02:06:20PM +0100, arthur.chereau wrote:
> > - With imap folders containing lots of mails, it still takes some
> > time (1 minute for some folders) before one can see the mail list
> > the first time the folder is opened after evolution is started
> > (evolution says "Opening folder ..."). I don't see this
> > problem with other MUA. I thought the "faster indexer" would solve
> > that, but it didn't.
>
> imap folder loading is roughly 3x times as fast as it was in 1.0.8 and
> it can't get much (if any) faster. There's a certain amount of network
> traffic that we *must* do, and that is what is causing the slowness
> (well, most of it - etable rendering is the other).

Would it be possible to make the imap access to not operate in a
"blocking" fashion.  For example, now if I happen to select a message
for viewing while the imap "checking for mail" access is occuring, it
will not show the message contents until the imap access is complete. 
This is also true of initial folder viewing.  While it would not speed
up the imap access, it would provide a "feel" of faster response.

Just wondering....


> > - I followed the threads about imap trash and I thought the problems would be solved
> > with 1.1.90. But the way evolution handles imap accounts still doesn't seem natural:
> > there are 2 trashes (the imap one and the evolution one - that could confuse
> > newcomers), 
>
> how will it confuse them? there is a local trash for local folders and
> an imap trash for the imap folders. every other client does ti this way
> too.

I think he's talking about a different situation.  Evolution uses a
vfolder for trash, right?  Other MUAs (Mozilla, for example) use a
"real" imap folder for trash called Trash.  So if you access imap
account using Mozilla, it will create a "Trash" folder in your defined
imap namespace,  Then access imap account using Evolution, you will see
the Evolution vfolder called Trash, as well as the "real" folder called
Trash that Mozilla created.

That was my interpretation, could be wrong...  Personally, it doesn't
bother me.


> > and I didn't see an option to directly move deleted mails to the imap trash
> > and getting rid of the evolution trash. When you use imap you don't need/want a local
> > trash folder. 

Since the Evolution imap trash folder is a vfolder (doesn't really move
anything), you get the same effect by selecting "hide deleted" and then
you only see deleted mail by selecting the trash folder.

> > - When a folder is sorted "Ascending", evolution should by default go to the bottom of
> > the mail list, because it's where newer mails are.

I agree, but it's a minor annoyance.  I'm just used to grabbing the
scroll bar and moving to the end of the list.


TTFN, 
Lonnie Borntreger